JACQUELINE DORMER / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Williams Valley’s Dylan Rabuck stays on his feet as Minersville defenders attempt to bring him down during Friday night’s game on Stauffenberg Field at Viking Stadium in Williamstown. Looking to make the tackle are Minersville’s Brennan Chapman (17), Aaron Beach (1), Gabriel Kuehn (34) and Shawn Delaney (52).

WILLAMSTOWN — Dylan Rabuck’s first carry Friday night against Minersville resulted in a fumble in the backfield that the Williams Valley senior eventually fell on for a 3-yard loss.

His second carry? How about 68 yards for a touchdown on a sweep around the right side.

That was more like it, and more of what the Battlin’ Miners’ defense would see for the next three quarters as the unbeaten Vikings rambled to a 42-12 non-league victory.

On that scoring run — the first of three on the night for the Vikings standout — Rabuck, who has had 28 career starts, surpassed 4,000 rushing yards for his career. In all, he finished with 229 yards on 23 touches, with the other two scoring runs coming from 2 and 27 yards out. It was his third 200-plus yard performance in three games this season.

Rabuck, however, is far from the Vikes’ (3-0) only weapon.

Junior quarterback Levi Engle also had a big game, hitting on 5-of-11 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns in addition to rushing twice for 64 yards, including a 53-yarder around the left edge for a touchdown in the third quarter.

His scoring tosses went for 34 yards to Jake Wolfgang and 24 yards to Allen Hand.

“That’s the scary part about them,” Minersville head coach Damian Buggy said. “You can’t load the box against them because they can throw the ball so well.

“They’re very balanced.”

Williams Valley took control early.

By the end of the first quarter, they forged a 14-0 lead on the strength of Dylan Rabuck’s first two scoring runs, all while limiting Minersville to 10 total yards on three possessions, two of which were three-and-outs and another that ended on the first play when Jake Wolfgang made an interception of a trick-play pass attempt by the Miners’ Bryce Ellinger.

By the half, with Engle firing both his touchdown passes in the second quarter, the Vikings boosted their lead to 27-6.

“I’ve never been around a team that had this many skill guys on offense,” Williams Valley coach Tim Savage said. “It’s a lot of fun calling plays for this bunch.”

By the middle of the third quarter, Dylan Rabuck’s third rushing touchdown along with Engle’s scoring bolt pushed the score to 42-6 and put the game in a mercy rule situation.

The Williams Valley defense was nearly as stingy as the offense was explosive.

Minersville had only 54 total yards and two first downs through the first half, finishing with 186 yards and nine first downs for the game. Most of that came late with the game far out of reach.

“Last week, Juniata only had 36 yards rushing against us,” Savage said. “That was the lowest in Gary’s (Klingensmith) 49 years coaching there.

“Our defense is playing very well.”

Buggy, whose team lost its second game in three starts, had nothing but praise for the Vikings’ defensive unit.

“They don’t like to get blocked or stay blocked,” Buggy said. “They get off blocks and they tackle well.”

Minersville’s first touchdown, near the end of the first half came on a 2-yard run by Jared Yoder and was set up by a nifty 36-yard kickoff return by Yoder that put his team in business at the Vikes’ 47.

The drive covered six plays and was highlighted by a 29-yard completion from Scott Schwalm to Kenneth Yurkonis that gave Minersville a first down at the Williams Valley 12.

“The good thing is, at halftime, the kids were mad at themselves in the first half because they were not performing.

“And against a good team that’s ranked fourth in the state, that’s a good thing that they think they should be competing with them.”

Minersville’s second touchdown was a 15-yard run by Josh Halye in the fourth quarter.

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